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Akio Sato

Also known as Sato, Mr. Sato, Mr. Rising Sun Shima, Mr. Shima, Mr. Rising Sun, Shinja, Great Shinja

Personal Data

Birthday:

13.02.1953

Birthplace:

Kawakami, Hokkaido, Japan

Gender:

male

Height:

5' 11" (180 cm)

Weight:

231 lbs (105 kg)

Background in sports:

Basketball

Career Data

Alter egos:

Akio Sato
    a.k.a.  Sato
    a.k.a.  Mr. Sato
Mr. Rising Sun Shima
    a.k.a.  Mr. Shima
    a.k.a.  Mr. Rising Sun
Shinja
    a.k.a.  Great Shinja

Roles:

Singles Wrestler (1970 - 1995)
Tag Team Wrestler (1970 - 1996)
Booker
Manager (1994 - 1995)

Beginning of in-ring career:

13.11.1970

End of in-ring career:

1996

In-ring experience:

26 years

Wrestling style:

Technician

Signature moves:

Brainbuster
Backspin Kick
Back Drop
Liger Bomb

Tidbits

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Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 24

Number of comments: 5

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Average rating: 4.58 [24]

Average rating in 2024: 5.00 [1]

Average rating in 2023: 5.00 [2]

Average rating in 2022: 5.00 [1]

Average rating in 2021: 4.67 [3]

Average rating in 2020: 5.00 [2]

Average rating in 2019: 7.00 [1]

Average rating in 2018: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2013: 5.00 [1]

Average rating in 2010: 2.00 [1]

Average rating in 2009: 4.00 [1]

Average rating in 2008: 4.00 [4]

Average rating in 2007: 4.33 [6]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

Giantfan1980 wrote on 22.05.2023:

[4.0] "Did okay as a partner to Tanaka in the Orient Express but he didn't last the year as Sato decided to work in the front office instead they brought in Kato as a replacement. Kato was of course, Paul Diamond who was partners with Tanaka before going to the WWF and the Tanaka/Kato team was probably better."

KinchStalker wrote on 09.04.2021:

"The man had a job to do in his most famous run for the WWF, and he did it. The rating he has here may or may not be fair for that Akio Sato. But while I'm not going to give him a rating at this time I do want to leave a comment that recognizes how important he was to All Japan Pro Wrestling in the early 1980s, which is not widely known in the West. He was their booker from late 1981 through the end of 1984, worked as co-interpreter with Joe Higuchi, and did a hell of a lot more to mentor and guide the young talent than anyone in that deeply hierarchical company had to that point. Misawa and Koshinaka both spoke very highly of him."

JEK 1991 wrote on 31.12.2019:

[7.0] "A solid worker for sure! Underrated big time with such a low rating. He was used more as a tag specialist."

InactiveGuru wrote on 05.05.2018:

[6.0] "A very solid hand could really work the ring, he was lacking in charisma. He was very good as a tag wrestler, definitely his specialty."